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:00 and the nfl will announce today if san francisco is in the running to host a super bowl. >> reporter: we are not just talking about any super bowl. san francisco wants to host super bowl 50, a huge anniversary for the nfl that would include more than a week of events and celebrations. this is how this would work out. all the festivities would happen in san francisco. the actual game at the new 49ers stadium would be 40 miles down the road in santa clara. it's expected to open in 2014 and a stadium has to exist for two seasons to host the super bowl. san francisco is hoping to bid ant 2016 and 2017 games. the only super bowl in the bay area was in 1985 at stanford. the mayor submitted the application back in august and this is what's next. today nfl will announce which cities are in the running. if san francisco is one of them, it will host a plan on may 7th of next year. two weeks later the city will make a presentation to the 32 nfl owners. just to give you an idea, hosting a super bowl is expensive, about $25 million. san francisco wants to be part of the 50th and electricity reand say

out today if san francisco is one of the candidates and the city presents a formal plan to make a presentation to the nfl to be the host of super bowl 50. >>> today the warriors plan to present a proposed drawing of their arena in san francisco. the arena would be situated on the far outer edge of piers 30 and 32. the idea is to make the 135- foot tall arena appear smaller and create a sense of open space. >>> and the giants started off on the wrong foot last night in the national league championship series. they lost game 1 last night to the cardinals. game 2 will be tonight. >> reporter: unfortunately the san francisco giants didn't make it through game one but they did put up a good fight all the way to the last inning. unfortunately yesterday wasn't the day for bay area sports. >>> two runs on two pitches power the yardals to the 6-run lead but the giants rallied with four runs in the fourth inning with a key two-run triple in the fourth. they were making several nice catches but unfortunately the team couldn't rally late in the game. giants fans say it's not over till it's

or better. >> how san francisco is managing an epic weekend that's pushing the city towards maximum capacity. >> just waiting for the prices to go down. >> that waiting is getting expensive. when we may see relief from record high gas prices. good evening, i'm ann notarangelo. we find ourselves in the middle of a weekend people have been talking about for a long time. on the card today, fleet week, america's cup, hardly strictly bluegrass, and play-off baseball. we'll check the traffic and we'll go to the ballpark live. but we want to start where we have seen the biggest crowds so far and that's san francisco's northern waterfront. sharon chin is live on the marina green. sharon. >> reporter: ann, we have a sea of people here at the marina green enjoying fleet week and people saying it wasn't too bad getting here, but getting home could be a problem. >>> reporter: the big show, the blue angels, thundering above marina green just minutes away from the america's cup yacht races along the embarcadero. the embarcadero has been a traffic hotspot all

? >> i love san francisco. i love sandoval and scutaro. >> reporter: guess what, venezuela is in it to win it. >> we're thinking better than the garlic fries at the ballpark! >> reporter: way better, absolutely! >> joe, go ahead and sample. >> reporter: ma i? >> we are the press. where's the food! >>> the giants win is translating in dollars for bay area merchants. cbs 5 reporter cate caugiran shows us how one local merchandiser felt an impact immediately. >>> reporter: as fans celebrated, mike smith and his team at graphic sportswear were working overnight. >> great to be part of it to see your t-shirt on tv, players wearing t my friends, family calling me, is that your shirt? is that your shirt? >> reporter: workers went into overdrive after the giants won the pennant. the team of's win translated into a business win for smith. >> normally we're done with christmas orders during october. and usually now our presses aren't running. but this has really helped us. >> reporter: fresh off the printing screens to at&t's dugout store. the store opened earlier than normal but n

. >> it's absolute madness in san francisco right now. >>> and good evening, i'm ann notarangelo. busy doesn't even begin to sum up the weekend or the mood in san francisco at this hour. the fleet week airshow and america's cup have wrapped up for the day. the second day of hardly strictly bluegrass ends in about 30 minutes. so now it's all eyes on at&t park and that's where we find cbs 5 reporter elissa harrington. >> reporter: there is so much excitement here right now. you can hear people behind me here the chants of let's go, giants, from the ballpark. we just saw some fireworks, some fighter jets overhead and more than 41,000 fans are piling into at&t park for game one of the play-offs. they tell me a win is very important because it could set the tone for the post-season. now, this is a national league division series, the giants versus the reds. the giants have home field advantage for the first two games which are today and tomorrow. then they will head to cincinnati for the remaining games of a best-of-five series. pitcher matt cain will start on the mound tonight. these teams

francisco, 4.53 in san jose. 4.52 in oakland. now, some costco stations down in southern california have actually run out of gas. they have locked up their pumps until further notice. gas inventory in california is the lowest in more than 10 years. we did though check with costco stations here in the bay area and they say they do have gas. everybody is hoping to find the lowest gasoline prices. don't end up here at this 76. we have all of the lowest prices for you in your neighborhood right now listed on cbssf.com/gas. live in cupertino, anne makovec, cbs 5. >> gosh, i remember when a gallon of gas was 89 cents. >> i can go lower than that but we won't go there. >>> the fleet is in, the play- offs are here in the bay area and it's all gearing up for a busy week and traffic will be a mess. >> cbs 5 traffic reporter elizabeth wenger joins us now from san francisco. you know all the areas to avoid. >> reporter: i know. i wish i did. unfortunately, just every area is going to be busy. they actually made this map. this is just some of the events going on

mallicoat. >> i'm michelle griego. we're learning new details in a developing story in san francisco. a round of bullets fired at police during a chase that ended with a violent crash in the western addition. cbs 5 reporter cate caugiran is in san francisco. cate, the suspect driver apparently is still on the loose. >> reporter: our sources say the suspected driver was an -- or is an oakland rapper with gang ties. that's according to alameda county court paperwork that our source saw in the car. but pd wouldn't confirm it. they say the investigation is still ongoing. it started as a minor traffic violation and ended in a dramatic collision. >> police are doing their job pulling this person over. the suspect chose to fire at officers and the suspect chose to flee from the scene and create this -- this mess. >> reporter: at 2 a.m., san francisco police department tried to pull over a cadillac for a broken license plate but officers got more than they bargained for. >> the vehicle was pulling over at the area of he feel list and laguna -- of ellis and laguna street. at that time shots w

. >> playoffs, off to a slow start for the oakland a's and the san francisco giants it's only the beginning. >> only the beginning of a cooling trend in the bay area. we will have the forecast. >>> it is 7:30, sunday october 7th. >> news and talk to cover in the upcoming hour. proposition 37. the idea of labeling genetically modified food in california. >> both sides of the issue in studio. we will go in depth and a busy weekend in the city if you haven't noticed. >> you were out and about around the city. >> there was a lot of traffic, i was able to spend time at the emergency center on perk street, a brain sensor where they try to figure out if there is going to be a problem, or problems around the city. they have been planning for the event apocalypse as we have been calling it for a year. everything went smoothly. >> could be a fun day and sitting down with our political insiders and talking about the day bait over the debate. the one with the presidential candidates and the upcoming one with vice presidential candidates. first we have breaking news. the search continues for suspects b

. this is a game that's going to be catching a really crazy day in san francisco. >>> from a parade celebrating heritage day. to the castro street fair celebrating everything. there was no shortage of things to do for wild weekend day 2 in san francisco. >>> america's cup racing continues in the bay waters. the blue angels in the sky. >>> and bluegrass in the park. >>> and while 49er red rained at the park. >>> then last but not least, orange october at at&t park as giant's fans fill the stadium and hope their boys slam it to that other red team in town. >> just a crazy day. crazy weekend in the city. >> it was great. two and a half million people coming in. >> and you were one of them. >> hopefully. >> despite the millions of people in the city today, it went pretty smoothly. out here at china basin, i only saw one arrest so far. >> that's good. and the crowds along the street is that clearing up? >> reporter: i'm sorry. i didn't hear that . >> the crowds along the street, are they clearing out? >> reporter: they are still pouring into the park. i don't know why these people are just coming i

these allegations. now he was appointed to his position in 2007. according to the san francisco chronical, this incident happened four years ago. he allegedly spent more than $4,500 entertaining shipping industry executives at treasures, this upscale gentlemen's strip club in houston. the problem, he charged the bill to his bosses. it wasn't discovered until now after a series of media public relations request. also he listed the business as d. houston inc. the parent company. right now they're scrambling to get a handle on the visit and see if this was the only misuse of money. >> they're taking this very seriously. we have actually been working on and strengthening our expense poll signed addressing any potential expenditures for several years now. >> he said the investigation is on going and he could not make any more comments. he is out of the country for another conference and has yet to make a statement. to add insult to injury treasures have been linked to prostitution and weapons and sexual assault since 2008. >> all right. thank you. >>> a violent night in oakland, a man was shot

mirkarimi the suspended san francisco sheriff. the board of supervisors is voting on whether to remove him from office for good. cbs 5 reporter elissa harrington is in san francisco with more on what is at stake. good morning. >>> reporter: good morning. this case has played out for months at city hall and this decision a big deal because it could set the precedent for misconduct cases in the future. sheriff ross mirkarimi pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor relating to a domestic violence dispute that left his wife with a bruised arm on new year's eve. nine months later we could find out if he stays or if he goes for official misconduct. his wife eliana lopez showed her neighbor a bruised arm which you can see in this video after her husband grabbed her during an argument. mirkarimi was sentenced to three years' probation, fined and ordered to undergo counseling. he was also placed on unpaid leave by mayor ed lee. since then, mirkarimi has been fighting for his job. his attorney says that the marital incident has nothing to do with his role has sheriff and he was also voted in. mayor lee want

into the ocean are now back onshore. the $10million vessel flipped yesterday near the san francisco yacht club. cbs 5 reporter cate caugiran is at the headquarters of team oracle, which owns the boat. >> reporter: this is the first time a major incident has happened with these new longer 72-foot catamarans. but we're told the most important thing is that nobody was hurt in this incident. crews worked into the early- morning hours to bring back what was left of that $10 million boat and yesterday sailors on the america's cup boat were doing training exercises and team leaders say they knew something was wrong when the back of the boat started to lift up and say winds were not working in their favor. it was blowing in one direction and the current in the opposite. and that's when the boat went in along with some of the 13 crewmembers. [ indiscernible ] it's very easy to stick the noses in on the boat and that's when it capsizeed. >> i'm not sure what happened. we'll have to reveal the data and the video. >> reporter: a few hours later the boat was completely overturned and the wing that's about

>> your realtime captioner: linda marie macdonald >>> we're live in san francisco, with exclusive details on a suspect who officers say shot at them and crashed into a cab trying to get away. >> drivers get ready. a bay area bridge closing for two weekends. repairs that all start tonight. >> first it was the 49ers, now the san jose earthquakes getting ready for groundbreaking in weekend. we'll talk about that and your weather coming up. >> our morning commute is getting under way. we are starting to see delays at the bay bridge at least in the cash-paying lanes. much more on your friday morning drive coming up. >> thank you. good morning, everybody. and it is friday. we love that. october 19. i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm michelle griego. time now 6:00. >>> we're learning new details in a developing story in san francisco. shots were fired during a police pursuit that ended with a violent crash in the western addition. cbs 5 reporter cate caugiran has more on the connection to a bay area rapper and she joins us with the latest. cate. >> reporter: frank, michelle, that is right. our

for taking part in an unruly protest over the weekend in san francisco. me wearing black clothing allegedly blocked traffic -- people wearing black clothing allegedly blocked traffic and vandalized businesses in the afternoon. officers were hit by flares and paint and rocks. police believe some were involved in similar activity in the mission district earlier. >>> an "occupy" rally continues now in san jose. a small group has been camped out in front of san jose city hall since sunday afternoon. it's the first overnight protest since the "occupy" movement was evicted last year. members say they will stay there until noon today. >>> president barack obama comes back to san francisco today for his final bay area appearance before next month's election. the president spending the night in southern california in l.a. after an appearance before a roomful of stars last night and he used their performances to make light of his own in last week's debate. here he is. >> they just perform flawlessly night after night, uhm, i can't always say the same. [ laughter ] >> the president was referring to si

and months of training with the san francisco department of emergency management and the city and county of san francisco. >> reporter: this landing craft air cushion traveled up from camp pendleton on the u.s. macon island an amphibious assault ship sitting about eight miles offshore. both are capablof transporting everything from food and water to weapons of war. the marine set up a mobile hospital to test if it's ever needed an important exercise. >> it's one that i personally felt was necessary to do to practice not only the landing of an amphibious craft here but the understanding of the kind of help that we could get should our major arteries be clogged. >> reporter: fleet week is just one of many big events going on in san francisco this weekend. there's america's cup racing, the castro street fair, hardly strictly bluegrass at golden gate park, plus giants play-off baseball and the 49ers are playing at candlestick. hundreds of thousands of people will be converging on san francisco, an appropriate time to think of city safety. >> upon receipt of a request, we can point ships and

remains closed. lower deck of the bay bridge starting to see congestion. extra volume out of san francisco across the lower deck in towards the east. most of the conditions around treasure island. yellow and red here on our sensors. you are going to see delays on headed toward at&t park. 6:37 first pitch. also 49ers game has wrapped up. 101 seeing delays. if you are going to head out the door, give yourself a few extra minutes. >> thank you much. fleet week and america 's cup are finished but the embarcadero is still the place to be for sports fan. at&t park in all the action. >> reporter: there is action here and we're about an hour away from that first pitch. you can see all the fans are still pouring in. they've been doing it for the last hour and a half. this game tonight is the capper of one crazy day in san francisco. >>> from a parade celebrating a heritage day to the cast troe street pharaoh owe castro street fair celebrating everything. there was no shortage for things to do in san francisco. >>> america's cup racing continued in the bay waters. the blue angels in the sky. and blu

involving two cars and a big rig shut down several lanes of highway 101 in san francisco until after 10 p.m. we're told there are no injuries -- there are some injuries but they appear to be not serious. >>> and developing news out of half moon bay where a single- engine plane took off early this morning and hasn't been seen since. cbs 5 reporter lindy is in san mateo county with what we've learned. >> reporter: the information we're getting is still preliminary, but this is what we know at this hour from a spokesman with the faa. a small plane did leave half moon bay just before 6:00, headed to tucson, arizona, with a scheduled fuel stop at apple valley, california, just north of san bernardino. the faa spokesman said it was a single had f engine, a plane similar to the one in this photograph. the pilot's wife reported that the plane was overdue when it failed to show up on schedule at the regional airport in tucson. it is not known at this hour if any search is underway. that is the information we know at this hour. linda yee reporting live in san mateo county. >>> thousands of dollars

and the giants won big last night. there may be street closures around downtown san francisco. we'll talk about that coming up. >> it was a big night all the way around. the giants are back on top in the baseball world. >> completed the world series sweeper last night winning 4 games to 3 in 10 innings. while most of the celebrations were peaceful. some turned violent. a number of fires were set in the mission district. the damage that was left behind after that big winner last night. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. there are piles of debris here near the intersection of 16th and mission. and we've seen the clean up has already begun. take a look at the violence. thousands of fans fell out on the streets after the game. some fans started setting fires. and police were dressed in full riot gear. we heard reports of firefighters having to be escorted to fight these fires. you can see those flames from up high. just before 1:00, some fans were still out here in the streets and officers told them they were unlawfully assembling and they needed to leave. at this point, one arrest has been

like that we'll have to close the doors. >> regular is $4.60 san francisco. oakland $4.52. some costco stations are out of gas. in the bay area, costco has gas. you can find the cheapest gas in your area by going to our website, cbssf.com/gas. >>> if you haven't heard there are a few big events planned in the bay area this weekend and that will likely mean traffic gridlock. cbs 5 traffic reporter elizabeth wenger joins from us san francisco to explain which areas to avoid. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we're at a hotspot along the waterfront. it's called carmageddon san francisco, trafficpocalypse. you might want to avoid san francisco unless you want to be part of the fun. here at pier 32 we have the big navy vessel for fleet week and we also have some of the america's cup sailing yachts. these will be two busy draws, a loud weekend if yesterday was an indication. this is video taken yesterday of practice rounds. that's the blue angels flying overhead. don't drive. this shouldn't be a shocker but parking will be hard. to avoid the most gridlock avoid the waterfront. use sid

>> and there could be a million extra people in san francisco this weekend. it's the perfect storm for several major events. the traffic hot spots to avoid. we'll tell you coming up. >> speaking of storms, there could be rain heading toward the bay area. will it come in this weekend and mess up the events? we'll talk about that coming up. >>> good morning. it's friday, october 5. i'm michelle griego. >> it's friday. hi, everybody. i'm frank mallicoat. it's 5:00 and you may need a loan or at least a good friend and a big old checkbook to fill up your car today. >> no kidding. anne makovec is in cupertino right now to explain why bay area gas prices have spiked in some areas 35 cents in just the last week. you filled up your tank last night, good thing. >> reporter: yes. lucky for me. if you are a penny pin cher, avert your eyes because this sign here at the gas station in cupertino at the 76 station, $5.39 for a gallon of regular. we are recording the highest prices ever for this date, october 5. bay area prices have risen as michelle mentioned 16 cents a gallon since yesterday afte

. >> most people heard the advice, don't drive to san francisco this weekend. >> every newspaper, every television station, yes, heard them all. >> channel 5. >> reporter: hundreds of thousands opted for public transit, bart chattered its record, 319,484 people road bart yesterday. the old record was under 288,000 set in 2007. the average for saturdays this year, 202,000. >> more money for us to reinvest, new train cars. repairing. >> reporter: money is another reason to stay out of the car. >> the price of the gas. >> also hitting new highs in california, what better time to take cal train. others traded traffic for a boat. >> we said go on the water and have a great time. >> reporter: those who did drive paid a premium for parking. many jacked up their prices for the weekend. [ laughter ] >> 30 bucks. >> reporter: are you glad you didn't drive? >> we are walking. >> reporter: pay paid. >> worth it. >> reporter: we found parking 80 bucks. paying for convenience. for hundreds of thousands not parking was the easiest way to go. anne makovec, cbs 5. [ singing ] >>> san francisco's new arc

a minute. first, home town heroes got to show you the cover of the san francisco chronicle this morning. giant's sweep. >> i went like this cause it looks like it's still hot off the presses. that's going to be a keepsake. a lot of people will have that in a drawer. the giants won the world series for the second time in three years. >>> the team completed the world series sweep last night winning 4-3 in ten innings. while most of the celebrations here in san francisco were peaceful. some did turn violent. a number of fires were set in the streets of the mission district. kate joins us live with more on the messthat's being cleaned up this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. i want to show you there's still aftermath from last night. piles of debris still here on the street that crews are working to clean up as last night's celebrations turned to mayhem. officers tried to disperse thousands of fans flooding the streets. some set small fires to trash cans, couches and news paper wracks. officers told a group of fans they were unlawfully assembling and needed to leave. take a

delays in cash lanes. we have some street closures around san francisco because of the giants parade. we'll tell you about it. much more on your morning commute coming up. >> we know it's going to be bad but this is pretty devastating. >> we'll rebuild it. no question in my mind we'll rebuild it. >> the rescues and repairs continue this morning as victims of the super storm sandy are making plans to put their lives back in order. it's going to take months for the east coast to recover from sandy. at least 55 people are dead from the storm, more than 6 million homes and businesses still without power downing from 8.5 million at the worst. the total cost could be $50 billion. cbs reporter ines ferre is in new york where the recovery is under way. >> reporter: the storm has moved from the shore but devastation is obvious. homes buried or destroyed, boats toss add shore. >> very difficult day. >> reporter: the national guard spent the day rescuing new jersey residents. a tidal surge up the hackensack river pushed water up in a matter of minutes. >> within a matter of minutes the basement was

harrington, cbs 5. >>> police in san francisco arresting 20 -- arresting 20 people over the weekend after vandalism on saturday afternoon. officers were hit by flares, bags of paint, some of those containing rocks. police believe some of those involved were at the mission a couple of weeks ago. >>> a small group of "occupy" san jose camped out in front of the city hall since sunday afternoon. it is the first overnight protest since the "occupy" movement was evicted last year. members say they are going to stay there until noon today. >>> president barack obama comes back to san francisco today for his final bay area appearance before next month's election. the president spent the night in los angeles after an appearance before a roomful of stars last night. he used their performances to make light of his own in last week's debate. >> they just perform flawlessly night after night. i can't always say the same. >> he was referring to singers who took the stage before him. >>> this morning, president obama will visit ke. ne near bakersfield where the home of farm labor leader cesar chavez is

past san francisco airport. we'll tell you when it's expected to wrap up coming up. >>> good morning, everyone. it's tuesday, october 9. i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm michelle griego. time now 6:00. >>> president barack obama is waking up this morning in san francisco. >> not going to be around very long, though. he is flying out of sfo early this morning. and cbs 5 reporter cate caugiran is here in san francisco where the president has raised a lot of campaign cash. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this was president obama's last fundraising blitz here in the bay area. but a successful one. he is expected to take home about $2 million to his campaign. now, crowds greeted president obama's arrival at sfo yesterday. at his events he told bay area supporters to get, quote, almost obsessive about his re- election. he attended two fundraisers a private $20,000 a plate dinner and a concert at the graham auditorium. the president asked supporters to help him finish what he started four years ago and mr. obama roused the crowd with his own big bird jokes. >> finally somebody is cracki

over san francisco butter especially in this corner of san francisco where folks are naturally hoping the giants go all the way. especially the people who have businesses who sell to fans. red white and blue championship game bunting was going up while they held separate practice sessions on the field. business was great and the dugouts sports store with fans snapping up gear. kip just had to have another giants shirt. >> i bought another shirt because they won because i need something new to wear tomorrow to cheer them on. >> reporter: she was a ballpark regular and know what is the championship games mean for the neighborhood. >> it's good for pedro's and pete's. all along the corridor here and probably public house because it gets really crowded when the giants are playing and they can't afford tickets. >> reporter: good too for the popular paragon bar just a block away. >> it was chaos for most of the time but it was fun you know. lots of people excited and everyone you know piling out on to the streets. >> reporter: now paragon's gearing up for a repeat and trying the make room f

is investigating. >>> the new archbishop of san francisco will be installed in about 90 minutes from now. about 2,000 people will witness the ceremony for salvatore cordileone at st. mary's cathedral. protestors are expected outside. that's because the bishop has a reputation as a fierce defender of the church's opposition to same-sex marriage. and we'll have a live stream of the ceremony on cbssf.com when it begins. >>> early surveys show a lift for mitt romney after what many say was a strong debate performance. a positively undecided voters shows romney won last night by a 2-1 margin. cbs reporter tara mergener has the latest from the white house. >> reporter: mitt romney set the debate tone early. >> under the president's policy middle income americans have been buried. >> reporter: energetic and agrees ever, romney slammed the president's economic record and laid out his own plan. >> there will be no cut that adds to the deficit. >> reporter: but the president repeatedly insisted that romney is calling for $8 trillion in tax cuts and spending that cannot be paid for without adding to the def

on in the waning weeks of the campaign. >>> a party crash in san francisco bay. the mistake made by a boat captain and the near disaster for the men attending a bachelor party on board. >>> and history. made at a snail's pace. the progress tonight as the shuttle endeavour inches its way toward its new home. good evening, i'm ann notarangelo. a busy day for both presidential candidates as they rally voters in two key battleground states with just weeks left in the campaign. both candidates are turning up the heat and looking ahead to the next debate. cbs reporter ines ferre on the singular message coming from both camps. >> reporter: paul ryan tailgated with football fans in ohio. while mitt romney rallies supporters in the key battleground state. no republican has won the white house without a victory in ohio. >> i'm counting on you portsmouth. let's make it happen. >> reporter: saturday romney told the crowd in the major manufacturing state that the obama administration isn't holding china cattable for unfair -- accountable for unfair trade practices that cost americans job. >> i want to make sur

. >> all right, well, it was an exciting night for san francisco fans here in san francisco and in detroit. [cheers and applause] this was the reaction for the victory at civic center plaza. thousands of fans gathered to watch the game together on a jumbotron. when the giants made the last out pandemonium overwhelmed the crowd. amazing scene. all right, time to bring in dennis it was a spectacular game. >> yes. take that box right, the they never gave them the respect. >> now they are backing off a little bit. maybe we under estimated them. >> you think? >> not just the giants that won the world series it is how they won it. this 4-game sweep stunned the world by silencing a detroit lineup with some of the most dominant pitching witnessed in a fall classic. big daddy cane, the heart and soul, he got the call in game 4 and in the 6th inning, young, slaps one up and out to tie the game at 3. it was young's third home run of the post season. consolation at this point. stayed that way until the 10th. phraoping the base hit. a dew point moved them over and -- taking the base hit. a bunt moved t

. made for quite the finish. so they open the world series in san francisco this morning. cate caugiran will be live with all the joyful fans at at&t park, but first, let's go to dennis o'donnell with the winning game highlights. >>> reporter: from at&t park, good morning, down three games to one the giants outscored st. louis 20-1 over the final three games to win the nlcs. bruce bochy and mike metheny game faces on for game 7. bottom of the 2nd 1-0 giants, matt cain with two outlines one two second. blanco scores 2-0. next inning giants with the bases loaded hunter pence, john jay misplayed it. everybody scored 5. -0 giants. in the ninth it started to pour. sergio romo finishes it off. how ironic that matt holliday pops out to scutaro to end the game after that brutal collision in game 2. the giants win 9-0 and advance to the world series to take on the detroit tigers in san francisco. >> we don't give up. we play hard to the last out. with this unbelievable things that never been done before, that's the kind of thing we are. >> yeah. get everybody out of here! >> you know, i never t

and into other lanes. >>> a stabbing late this afternoon on muni here in san francisco. a 6 parnassus bus at hayes and market when a passenger got into an argument with the driver. when a city worker on board tried to intervene, the passenger got up and stabbed the guy in the neck with a pair of scissors. that victim was taken to the hospital with nonlife- threatening injuries. the attacker was arrested. >>> the stakes for california's ballot initiatives couldn't be higher. millions of dollars are being pumped into campaigns in an effort to sway your vote. but as cbs 5 political reporter grace lee reports, it's hard to tell who is signing the checks. >> reporter: that's right. two of the best funded ballot measures are proposition 30, that's the governor's tax initiative, and proposition 32 which would ban payroll deductions for political purposes. now, both are getting a lot of attention because there is so much money involved. this election 290 million has been spent on 11 ballot initiatives. props 30 and 32 got the most a combined $197 million out of that $290 million. and now an unkno

in 10 innings. let the champaign go. most of the celebrations in san francisco were peaceful, some turned violent after the game ended. a number of fires were set in the streets of the mission district. kate is there now with the latest. >> she's checking the mess the fans left behind. there was debris in the street behind you earlier. >> reporter: it's still there right now. if you take a look, that charred remains of last night's celebration still here in the mission district. officers put down flairs so drivers can see where these pile of debris are. turned to mayhem here in the mission district. officers tried to disperse thousands of fans. fires to trash cans, couches and newspaper racks. officers told fans that were still here they were unlawfully assembling and needed to leave. you can see the violence from up above. chopper 5 got these shots of the mission district. some firefighters needed to be he is supreme courted to put out these flames. back out live here, we don't know when this debris will be moved out. we've seen the officers relight these flairs so people know the

area job market. that brings us to the next surprise. san francisco and san mateo counties lost 3500 jobs in september resulting in a lower overall bay area net job gain. >> there is a catch in all of this. >> among the job gains, many of them have been concentrated in lower wage jobs. >> reporter: that's why tens of thousands of people are still struggling. this employment development department was busy friday with people looking for work and for some, time has run out. like daniel landry, his unemployment benefits ran out in june. he has been looking for work for 2.5 years. >> it's been very difficult. it's something that, you know, like they say, you know, finding a job is a job. >> reporter: experts say avoid the construction and manufacturing sectors. they say those two industries keep losing jobs almost on a monthly basis. in the newsroom, i'm da lin, cbs 5. >>> the jobs report in several swing states could help president obama. unemployment rates fell or held steady last month in nine key states. rates dropped in ohio, florida, wisconsin, colorado, iowa, nevada and north ca

into that undercover officer's car. san francisco police say this all started at 1:30 a.m. an undercover officer was shot at multiple times from a moving car. pd says the car had three suspects inside. the officer chased them to the 2500 block here of bryant street. that's when the three suspects jumped out of the car and ran away. the officers did catch up with one suspect and then police at the time set up a perimeter to try and find the other two. now, when ee got here about 10 minutes after we arrived, they were able to take down the crime tape. we watched officers search that suspect or the suspects' vehicle and tow it away. we know now this is an ongoing investigation and hope to have more information throughout the morning. live in san francisco, cate caugiran, cbs 5. >>> new this morning, police in oakland are trying to find three home invasion robbery suspects overnight on coral road. police say the suspects were armed. so far authorities are not saying what was stolen. >>> the giants beat the tigers last night 8-3. what a night in game one. a little luck including this rbi double good

'm michelle griego. time now 6:00. shots fired at an undercover police officer in san francisco's mission district. >> one suspect under arrest right now and another man is looking for two other suspects. cbs 5 reporter cate caugiran has the latest. she joins us with the latest. >> reporter: actually i did mention it earlier. the mission district is where they are looking for the suspects. the good news is there are no injuries reported so far. you can take a look at the damage done to one officer's car. san francisco police say this all started at 1:0 this morning when an undercover officer was shot at multiple times from the moving car. the police department says there were three suspects inside. three suspects jumped out of the car. the officer caught up with one suspect and then pd at the time set up a perimeter to try and find the other two. as far as we know, those two suspects are still outstanding and they are currently looking for them at this point. the investigation is under way. we are hoping to get more information as the story develops later on this morning. live in the miss

's the best day to be a san francisco giants fan. >> certainly the right colors. city will be all decked out in black and orange for today's big victory parade. that starts in just a couple of hours and people already packing trains and buses to get into the city. we have live team coverage. cbs 5 reporter anne makovec on the left with beefed up patrols for the rowdy fans but first we kick it off with cate caugiran along the parade route with people already staking out seats for the parade. isn't that right? i can see them behind you. >> reporter: you think we wake up early? true giants fans wake up earlier than us. people are already lining up on market street where the parade route will begin so they have been here and ready for it and so has the city. the city has been setting up. you can take a look they have been working nonstop to set up the big stage for our world series champs at the civic center plaza. giants president larry baer, bruce bochy, pablo sandoval will be given speeches. bay area transit groups have been hard at work with all hands on deck. they have been advising fans al

together every 10 minutes. >>> we begin with breaking news on tuesday, in san francisco a fire at the multilevel house in the bay view neighborhood. >> reporter: good morning frank, firefighters are just packing up that you up -- their trucks as you can see. they say it started in the back bedroom o of a house. the call came in an hour ago. firefighters came in and say they aggressively attacked so the fire would keep from spreading to the rest of the house and that's the concern in the san francisco neighborhoods, is how close the homes are to one another. when they put it out, they determined it was started by an unattended candle. at the end of the day there were no injuries. no injuries to any firefighters and no injuries to any civilians instead the home but they want to remind neighbors that you should not leave these candles unattended especially during the holiday season. we're live in san francisco, cate cauguiran. >>> a huge fire sweeps through a supply store in san carlos. it happened overnight. >> reporter: good morning, the fire is out but firefighters are going in

fist san francisco, that is 22 degrees warmer than it was yesterday at this hour. triple digits livermore, san skwroes a upping the average high, 82, i know what you want to know. tomorrow's highs. because it will be a hotter day tomorrow than what we experienced today. all of the way back up to 80 along the coast, 90s peninsula, 98 degrees morgan hill. east bay will climb all of the way up to 100 degrees in the hottest locations, recollect wise, north of the bay, talking 98 in santa rosa. we will pinpoint the neighborhood forecast. that is coming up later in the program. >> thanks. >>> well, a new poll shows that californians are reluctant to abolish the death penalty. the los angeles times poll shows 38% of voters favor getting rid of it and 51% want to keep t. however, that gap narrows when voters are told the ballot issue will require convicted killers to work in prison and give their earnings to victim's families. we have more on the challenge facing both sides to make their point. >> right now, death row inmates sit in private cells, watching tv, talking to their lawyers,

it is still 70-degrees in san francisco after another record- setting day. past been so hot in san jose they closed the park because of fire danger. close to no humidity. paul joins us with a look at how hot it got. >> the two hottest days of the year for many of you. triple digits once again. well into the 90s for richmond, redwood city. new report set in concord. we're looking at temperatures topping in the 90s. in downtown san francisco for the second straight day care same story for oakland. hottest two day stretch of weather in downtown. it's all changing. coming up, find out who will be 30 degrees cooler this time tomorrow. that's coming up in the forecast in a few minutes. >> you can blame it on the heat. s that their excuse this time. gasoline prices are soaring again. you might want to fill up in the next day or two. cbs 5 reporter on how much prices could spike by friday. it's too hot, that's the excuse? >> reporter: exactly. the experts are predicting that gas could be somewhere in the neighborhood of $4.50 by the end of the week. they're blaming a host of maintenance proble

. 62 in san francisco. and 67 degrees in mountain view. that ridge of high pressure that's been bringing the heat is going to start to slide to the south. that sea breeze will be kicking in. we'll see a southerly surge of low clouds and fog. the timing on that is tricky but it will stay hot inland. we'll still see 90s there, no triple digits. 70s and 80s inside the bay and out along the coastline, cooler weather on the way, maybe some patchy fog showing up this afternoon and temperatures there in the 60s and 70s. all right. now let's check on the roads with elizabeth. >> thanks, lawrence. within the last 10 minutes or so we just got word of an accident if your commute takes you through emeryville, it's off on the right-hand shoulder so not blocking lanes but westbound 80 approaching powell and this is a live look closer towards berkeley doesn't appear to be causing much of a delay. 18 minutes is your drive time on westbound 80 from the carquinez bridge to the maze. heading into san francisco, we have howard street closures. howard is shut down between 3rd and 4th oracle open wor

on this evening. >> they sure do. this time the world series will open here in san francisco. and we have live team coverage of giants hoopla this morning. cbs 5 reporter cate caugiran is over at city hall, but we kick off with anne makovec at a very soggy at&t park. >> reporter: as you can imagine they have taken precautions. i'm here in the back of the field. you can see the infield covered up right now ready for game one of the world series. giants versus tigers. starts at 5:07 p.m. they have been sprucing up willie mays plaza and inside the dugout store fans are going wild for anything orange and black. local businesses are gearing up to serve those fans and hundreds of others who come to the neighborhood. the series will bring millions to local businesses. >> it's had a positive impact. anytime you can keep people using public transportation, walking, going by the businesses, i think it's great. >> reporter: yeah. as for getting inside of the park, we have been monitoring some of the ticket selling websites. seatgeek.com says the average price for games 1 and 2, $700, $300 to $400 for sta

degrees from livermore, san francisco, it is at 73. average high this time of the year, 70. yesterday at this hour, it was 62 degrees. santa rosa, sporting 49 degrees. all of it comes at a price. we have yet another spare the air day for our monday, especially away from the bay in the eastern portion ever the bay area and into the santa clara valley where we have the trap close to the surface. the hottest day of this miniheat wave still to come. we will pinpoint that coming up. >> thank you. >>> a new poll shows that californians are reluctant to abolish the death penalty. proposition 34 would replace capitol punishment with life in prison without parole. the u.s., los angeles times poll 38% of voters favor getting rid of it while 51% want to keep it. however, that gap narrows when voters find out that prop 34 requires convicted killers to work in prison and give their earnings to victim's families. we talked to supporters and opponents of the measure. >> right now, death row inmates sit in private cells, watching tv, talking to their lawyers, prop thor putting an end to that and puts

. it ended in disappointment for giants fans. san francisco looked to catch a break when slugger carlos beltran injured his knee. he was removed and replaced by matt carpenter, who had five postseason at-bats prior to today. in the third inning, carpenter hit a rocket off matt cain into the bleachers, to give the cardinals a 2-1 lead. st. louis added a run. then the storm came which delayed the game for 3 hours 28 minutes. when they returned, jason motte got a 6-out to preserve the win. st. louis takes a 2-1 series lead. coming up in sports, we'll have reaction from the giants' clubhouse and we'll tell you who will start game 4 tomorrow here in st. louis. >>> a reservoir in contra costa has dug up more than just dirt. they've been finding native american remains, dozens of them. a compromise had once been reached about how to deal with this, do the work, but disturb as few remains as possible. but now one native american says the developer is going too far, in a story you'll only see on cbs 5, he tells reporter christin ayers the developer is doing needless digging and he wants it stopp

&e. >>> anne makovec is at at&t park where the san francisco giants took game two in a pitcher's duel. this is exciting. >> reporter: they may just sweep this thing in detroit. they are headed there right now. one of the star players of last night's game was certainly madison bumgarner of the he was brilliant. a post-season high 8 strikeouts allowing just two hits threw 7 shutout innings still no score. 7th inning basis loaded for brandon crawford who hit a grounder to infante who decided not to come home instead getting the double play. giants lead 1-0. bottom of the 8th. flyball to right deep enough to score angel pagan to make it 2- 0. >> can you describe what hunter brought to this team emotionally? a lot has been written. but can you give a sense of what he added, i don't think we have enough time for that. he's, you know, i hope he's here for a long time. >> i don't think they are getting any breaks. up to this point they have outplayed us. they are playing good like the giants play. we expected that coming in. they are good. they're really good. >> giants up two games to nothi

is off. >>> the world series kicks off at 5:07 in san francisco. giants at home against the tigers, first two here, next three in detroit. we have live team coverage coming up. cbs 5 reporter cate caugiran is going to tell you how to avoid all the traffic headaches this afternoon but first, we kick it off with anne makovec over at at&t park where the security sweeps i guess have already begun, right, anne. >> reporter: they are about to. i'm here along lot waterfront promenade in front of mccovey cove. we have to get out of the area because security sweeps are about to begin. they have been preparing the field for some time. they have it covered up so all the rain we're seeing this morning just sprinkles right now won't ruin the field for tonight's game which starts at 5:07 p.m. over the past 24 hours, crews have been sprucing up willie mays plaza and inside the giants dugout store fans are going wild for anything orange and black. local businesses are also gearing up to serve the hundreds of people expected to come to the area today and for game 2, as well. as for getting inside of the p

no arrests. in observations, elissa harrington, cbs 5. >>> police arresting 20 people in san francisco during a protest over the weekend. people in black allegedly blocked traffic, vandalized vehicles and businesses on saturday afternoon. officers hit by flares bags of paint. they also contained rocks, as well. police believe some of those arrested were involved in similar activity in the mission district about two weeks ago. >>> a 24-hour long "occupy" san jose rally has been camped out in front of city hall and continues this morning. it's the first overnight protest since they were evicted last year. members say them stay until noon today. >>> the search is on for a killer of a woman in contra costa county. susie ko was found dead in her hercules home after she failed to pick her husband up at oakland airport. police believe she was killed friday night by someone who stole her car a blue southbound row. ko was a former teacher well thought of by many. her son thinks someone may have been watching the house. >> she felt very comfortable being here and working and doing the landscaping. i ca

different through orange colored glasses. in the heart of san francisco, a giant orange heart. victoria's secret even had a giant bra -- i don't mean like a giant bra but it's orange, giants bra. >> it's supposed to be the happiest color, makes people happy. >> orange. >> for sure. >> reporter: at graphics sport wear they have been working on shirts since the game ended. >> when they were down 3-1 we had no idea we would be printing but as they kept winning games, we got ready to print. >> everybody loves the tigers. >> reporter: they won't be buying one. they are from detroit. >> detroit has had tough times so the tigers have been a really nice rallying point for the city. by the way, so we already know the weather for this coming weekend in detroit. possible snow flurries. so when they play ball saturday night in detroit, it's going to be in the 40s. >> reporter: the city of south san francisco it's now a sf city, south san francisco, everybody is a giants fan these days. detroit has gone through hard times as that gentleman was saying bu you know something? i think the country is on

:04. hundreds gathered under the city hall rotunda in san francisco last night to remember ambassador chris stevens. ♪ [ music ] stevens was killed last month in an attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya. among those at yesterday's memorial service were mayor ed lee and senator dianne feinstein. the libyan ambassador to the united states expressed his government's regret. >> we're very sorry. you send us one of your best diplomats but unfortunate will not be able to protect him. >> he said stevens was a good diplomat because he was interested in the lives of the libyan people. during the service has younger sister anne said his optimism inspired her to learn about the middle east. chris stevens of course a graduate of cal and grew up in piedmont and a good guy. i went to college with him. >> you were there at the service. >> i was there. i was really touched. his two sisters are doctors, his brother is a very good attorney. they both spoke. and a lot of laughter, george schultz former secretary of state, 92, got up there and just brought it all home. he was amazing. and the ambas

francisco, one lan blocked. eastbound 92 san mateo bridge towards hayward sounds like a couple of lanes blocked until 6:00 this morning. that's when caltrans says they will be out there. in the commute direction westbound 92 still looks good leaving the east bay. to our maps, here's a live look at 880 in oakland. maybe you can see some flashing lights there. there are some caltrans crews hard at work from fruitvale towards the downtown oakland exit. southbound 880 looks good past the coliseum. and all the way down towards hayward. hey, our dumbarton bridge roadwork just wrapped up on highway 84 both directions so now that's free and clear. mass transit, we always like to encourage folks to use it. everything so far off to a nice start, bart, ace, muni, caltrain and ferries. that's your "timesaver traffic." back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> 4:39. san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi is back on the job but could be facing a new recall threat. one supervisor who voted to reinstate the embattled sheriff, jane kim, told the "chronicle" she would support a recall effort against mirkarimi. s

s in our inland areas and the rest of the bay only going to be about 63 degrees in san francisco. so this cooling trend continues into the weekend. we'll show you a look at your seven-day forecast coming up. in the meantime we're hitting the roads with gianna. >> thank you. we are getting first reports of some major bart delays. this is due to a maintenance vehicle stuck on the tracks happening at the oakland station in the fremont millbrae directions due to the disabled vehicle stuck on the tracks. no word when they will clear it. but again, this is going to be a very busy day for bart. we have a lot going on this weekend here in san francisco with america's cup, fleet week, the closures at howard and third so we'll keep you posted on this. the rest of mass transit is on time. ace, muni, caltrain, ferries, no delays. a busy day in san francisco. howard street remains closed at 3rd. so that's been a very congested area. again, bart is a very good alternate so hopefully things will get back on tract. we'll check the bridges in a few minutes. back to you. >>> flyball, center field, coc

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